GOVERNANCE, GOOD GOVERNANCE, AND GOVERNMENT: THE CASE FOR ESTONIAN ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY

Abstract

Discusses one of the key shortcomings in Estonian government, especially after European Union accession: the administrative capacity problem. This problem is intimately linked with the concept of new public management (NPM), on which, in turn, the concept of "good governance" largely rests. The article traces the problems and fate of the NPM paradigm and applies the paradigm to the post-Soviet Estonian situation. The author outlines the Estonian priorities of following the so-called Lisbon strategy for an innovation-based economic policy and identifies the direction necessary for public administration reform plans and thus for enhancing Estonia's administrative capacity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]